Geographic Scope: Bernalillo County

This report provides comprehensive performance data and program evaluation for New Mexico's 56 Treatment Courts in FY2022, demonstrating that treatment courts reduce recidivism at significantly lower costs than incarceration while offering a scalable model for addressing substance use and mental health needs within the justice system.

The 2023 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM-YRRS) for Bernalillo County middle school students (grades 6-8) provides critical prevalence data on mental health, substance use, safety behaviors, and protective factors that should inform school-based and community behavioral health interventions targeting adolescents.

This LFC Policy Spotlight examines New Mexico's juvenile justice system reforms emphasizing diversion over incarceration, finding that while youth are successfully diverted from secure confinement, the state lacks adequate evidence-based behavioral health and treatment services, leading to high rereferral rates back into the system.

This rapid landscape analysis examines overdose risks and prevention opportunities in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County to inform strategic planning for opioid settlement fund investments in behavioral health systems change.

This report analyzes patterns of reincarceration at Bernalillo County's MDC over a five-year period, providing data essential for understanding how unmet behavioral health needs — including substance use disorders and mental illness — drive cycling through the local jail system.

This is New Mexico's official funding application framework for the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act (Senate Bill 3), establishing regional behavioral health planning requirements that will guide $3+ billion in behavioral health investment across 13 regions over four years.

This toolkit helps tribal communities in New Mexico understand and participate in Senate Bill 3 (SB3), a landmark behavioral health reform law that establishes regional planning systems with dedicated pathways for tribal sovereignty and participation.

This statewide survey of 755 social workers in New Mexico documents severe workforce burnout, pay inequity, and resource drought, providing data-driven recommendations critical for addressing the state's 81% unmet behavioral health need.

This Strategic Plan provides a comprehensive framework for Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque to spend approximately $52 million in opioid settlement funds over 18 years, offering 28 evidence-based recommendations developed through extensive community engagement to reduce overdose deaths and improve behavioral health outcomes.

This strategy document from the Bernalillo County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council outlines a coordinated approach to enhancing behavioral health services for justice-involved individuals through diversion, reentry support, and community connections.